The Argo City Podcast
by Madeline and Matthew Skelly
A Gen Xer and a Gen Zer talk about their weekly movie nights and their convention adventures. Film, cons, comics, anime and fan life of a father and daughter. We explore our different approaches to the stories, and generational perspectives that can agree and conflict. This is the Argo City podcast.
Episodes
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Episode 082 - Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1978
This week we're talking about a 1978 classic! Join Maddie and Matthew... um. Wait. That is Matthew isn't it? And what's that plant doing behind the couch?
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Extra 022 - The Thing part two
It's back to the arctic wastes with a shapeshifting monster! Maddie and Matthew conclude their discussion of John Carpenter's The Thing!
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Episode 081 - The Thing 1982
Six weeks of Scary continues with a masterpiece of paranoia. Maddie and Matthew talk about the cinematic and literary foundations of the perfect remake. This week, we're watching 1982's The Thing.
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Extra 021 - The Fly 1985
So....I got cold feet. After Maddie's reaction to the image of the Return of the Fly, it occured to me that this might be just a bit too over the top in it's body horror for her. But it's still important for her to see and know the 1985 remake - so were going to speed run a summary and get some...
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Episode 080 - The Fly 1958
Six weeks of Scary continues with another Vincent Price classic!
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Episode 079 - House on Haunted Hill 1999
We did the original last week - now it's time for the remake!
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Episode 078 - House on Haunted Hill 1959
House on Haunted Hill may just be Vincent Price's finest hour. Our family has some history with it as well, which makes it the perfect way to kick off spooky season with Six Weeks of Scary!
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Episode 077 - The Girl With All The Gifts
Maddies been itching for a zombie movie for a while. Matt had no idea that 's what this was. But is the Girl With all the Gifts horror? Is it thriller? Or does it defy categorization?
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Episode 076 - The Deer King
It's a tale of fatherhood, medicine, struggle and spiritual acension. I think. The Deer King is nothing of what either Maddie or Matthew were expecting. Let's talk about it.
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Episode 075 - Clue
Was it Maddie in the kitchen with the knife? Or was it Matthew in the library with the lead pipe? We'll find out as we tackle 1985's CLUE!
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Episode 074 - Muppet Treasure Island
Hey, ho, ho You'll cruise to foreign shores And you'll keep your mind and body sound By working out of doors. True friendship and adventure are what we can't live without And when you're a professional pirate That's what the job's about!
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Episode 073 - Malice
We explore a little something diffrent this week. You can find Phillip Cook's Malice as a film or as an episodic webseries. Either way, it's an amazing bit of indie dark fantasy, and worth a discussion.
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Episode 072 - 5 nights at Freddy's 2
It's time to return to Freddy Fazbears! Maddie hit Five Nights at Freddys at the theater, but now that it's on streaming, it's Matt's turn to watch. The thing with Five Nights though, it's just as much about the fan theroies as it is about the games, books and movies themselves!
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Extra - X2 pt2
There's still a lot of X stuff to talk about, as we drift from the movie into the comics in part two of our X2 discussion!
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Episode 071 - X2 pt 1
It's been quite a while since Maddie visited the X-Men franchise. Since watching the first film She and matt have gone through the 90's cartoon as well as watching patrick Stewart in Star Trek and Hugh Jackman in The Greatest Showman. Time to come back and see how the X-Men films hold up.
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Episode 070 - Neo ComicCon
Con season is back in swing with one of our favorites! This week Mao Mao and the Mask make the trip to NEO ComicCon! We talk about cosplaying there, the friendly vibe, as well as the treasures we found as we stalked the dealer booths.
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Episode 069 - Flow
Sometimes, images speak louder than words. that's a good thing, because tonight's film only has images.... and no words. Experiance a cataclysm through the eyes of a most vulnerable creature.
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Episode 068 - Robocop
One of the greatest 1980s action epics, laced with biting satire and ultra violence. Robocop is nothing like what Maddie expected, and it's time to fire it up!
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Episode 067 - A Hard Day's Night
Our next trip to the Case Western Film Society is definately a hard day's night. We're not Beatles fans, but there's certian films that are just classics and this is EXACTLY the kind of venue to go se them at!
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Extra 020 - Spam caller shenanigans
When I recieve an unsolicited sales call at work I'm usually icy, cutting them off and asking to be added to thier do not call list. I'll take their name and inform them we don't do business with cold callers and further communication will be an FCC violation. On the other hand, if you call me at...
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Episode 066 - The Princess Diaries
We continue to talk about how much we love Anne Hathaway! It's Maddie's first time with this movie - much to Matthew's surprise! That's not the only surprising reaction here though. It's the Princess Diaries!
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Episode 065 - Superman and Lois
This week, we're talking about Matt's favorite Superman series. He and Maddie just finished season one during thier TV night and it's time to talk about the first 25% of the show before getting too far into season 2!
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Emergency Extra 019 - Supergirl 2026 review
I've seen Supergirl. But the real question is should YOU see it?
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Extra 018 - The Lone Ranger 2013 pt2
We continue our discussion on my father's hero, and go beyond just the 2013 film, delving deeper into the lore surrounding the Lone Ranger.
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Episode 064 - The Lone Ranger 2013 pt 1
It's Father's day, so we're visiting my father's hero. 13 years ago on this very day, we went to see his hero in the theaters. Tonight, I share it with Maddie. Can Armie Hammer and Johnny Depp live up to the legacy of Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels?
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Extra 017 - Masters of the Universe pt2
We continue our discussion on the movie, but move into some of the greater lore of Eternia. It's got more to it than you might think. You stayed for the end credits didn't you?
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Episode 063 - Masters of the Universe
We headed out to the new Masters of the Universe film. We....um...we have thoughts.
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Episode 062 - Dawn of the Dead 2004
Not all remakes are created equal. We've spent a lot of time in the Romero Zombieverse, but there still some sidequests out there. Zack Snyder and James Gunn's remake of Dawn of the dead still stands as one of matthew's favorite zombie movies. Now that Maddie has seen the rest - it's time to…
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Extra 016 - The Devil Wears Prada pt2
It's back to The Devil Wears Prada as we continue our discussion of the film, it's messages and the professional world in general.
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Episode 061 - The Devil Wears Prada
We're in chick flick territory this week, with one of the best ones out there. This week - the Devil wears Prada!
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Extra 015 - Mandalorian First impressions
SPOILER FREE! Maddie and Matt hit the theater for the Mandalorian and Grogu! Hear our out-of-the-theater impressions and then go see it for yourself!
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Episode 060 - Nausica of the Valley of the Wind
Back to nature with GIANT creepy crawlies! Based on the long running comic series, we dive into Nausica of the Valley of the Wind
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Episode 059 - From Up on Poppy Hill
Lets take a break from fantasy for a soap opera level romance in a fantastically mundane world!
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Episode 058 - The Cat Returns
What exactly is this? A sequel? A side quest? Matt is so confused as Maddie continues the Studio Ghibli journey!
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Extra 016 - Free Comic Book Day 2026
It's Free Comic Book Day! Maddie and Matthew recount thier adventures of the weekend, go over their new finds and talk Jimmy Olsen as well as this summer's upcoming movies!
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Episode 057 - Princess Kaguya
We're starting our second Miyazaki month with a sidequest. Not exactly Studio Ghibli, but definately part of the family. We talk about an old folk tale brought to life in watercolor and minimalism.
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Extra 015 - Galaxy Quest pt 2
Time to conclude our discussion of the greatest love letter to Star Trek in fiction.
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Episode 056 - Galaxy Quest
Matt has been showing Maddie Star Trek shows for years now. It's time for the best satire of the show.
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Episode 055 - Zombieland
Maddie and Matt have been exploring the Zombie Comedy genre that was kicked off by Shaun of the Dead. It's a genre that peaked in 2009 with the single most widely recognized Zombie comedy out there - Zombieland.
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Episode 054 - Puss in Boots
Matt loves Zorro. He loves Antonio Bandaras. He loves Shrek. It's about time Maddie shows him Puss in Boots huh?
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Episode 053 - Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
Just when the zombie comedy genre was starting to run out of gas, along comes Matt's favorite entry.
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Episode 052 - Anime X vs Z
Let's wrap up our first Anime month with a chat about the rules of Anime and the generation difrences between Gen X and Gen Z!
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Episode 051 - The Never Ending Man
We're back in documentary territory as we explore this film about Miyazaki coming out of retirment to explore new animation technologies.
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Episode 050 - Castle in the Sky
We head on a road tip to the Case Western Reserve University Film Society to catch their screening of Studio Ghibli's Castle in the Sky! It's one of the lesser known Ghibli films and we were both eager to see and discuss it. The problem is traffic. Traffic getting there, and traffic effecting out...
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Extra 015 - ConCoction 2026
It's an extra long Xtra! Maddie and Matt head out to Cleveland ConCoction for the weekend. It's Maddie's first time out at one of Matthew's favorite cons! Note: There's about 8 minuits of audio here at the beginning that's tinny and bad. We tried the car thing again and it just didn't work. Never...
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Episode 048 - Whisper of the heart
More Studio Ghibli! But this one isn't what you think.... Sometimes we talk about the movie. Sometimes we talk about everything BUT the movie.
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Episode 049 - Grave of the Fireflies
Time to turn on the waterworks as we experience the SADDEST Studio Gibli film of them all.
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Episode 047 - Ghost Rider
It's Maddie's introduction to Ghost Rider! We talk a bit about the Fox Marvel movies, the comics, and most of all, the much maligned Nicholas Cage film!
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Episode 046 - American Scary
Matthew remenisces to Maddie about the bygone era of movie hosts on TV as we discuss the horror hosts covered in the documentary American Scary.
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Episode 045 - MHA Your Next
It's the latest My Hero movie! It's a welcome return visit to the franchise after Maddie and Matt finished the anime. Superman metaphor abounds and has Bakugo finally redeemed himself in Matt's eyes?
About this show
A Gen Xer and a Gen Zer talk about their weekly movie nights and their convention adventures. Film, cons, comics, anime and fan life of a father and daughter. We explore our different approaches to the stories, and generational perspectives that can agree and conflict. This is the Argo City podcast.
Hosted by
Madeline and Matthew Skelly